Timeline of U.S.-Israeli Relations
1917 to Present
1917
Belfour Declaration
The Belfour Declaration by the British Government which controlled Palestine, details English support for a Jewish home setting the groundwork for the ultimate creation of the state of Israel.
Belfour Declaration
The Belfour Declaration by the British Government which controlled Palestine, details English support for a Jewish home setting the groundwork for the ultimate creation of the state of Israel.
1948
1948 War/Israel's Birth
Israel wins the first war against its Arab neighbors leading to the re establishment of the state of Israel. The United States is the first country to recognize Israel in the United Nations.
1948 War/Israel's Birth
Israel wins the first war against its Arab neighbors leading to the re establishment of the state of Israel. The United States is the first country to recognize Israel in the United Nations.
1956
Suez Crisis
Israel, France, and Britain attack Egypt in October of 1956 after the Suez crisis but the US comes out against the war forcing United Nations intervention and an end to hostilities.
Suez Crisis
Israel, France, and Britain attack Egypt in October of 1956 after the Suez crisis but the US comes out against the war forcing United Nations intervention and an end to hostilities.
1967
Six-Day War
Israel fights its third war in the region against the armies of Egypt, Jordan and Syria, and emerges victorious and in liberating its territory with control of the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem, Syria's Golan Heights, and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
Six-Day War
Israel fights its third war in the region against the armies of Egypt, Jordan and Syria, and emerges victorious and in liberating its territory with control of the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem, Syria's Golan Heights, and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
1973
October/Yom Kippur War
Egypt and Syria attack Israel in October of 1973 in an attempt to reclaim lands lost in the Six-Day War. Israel initially suffers major losses until the United States arranged a massive airlift of weapons which helped Israel in its counteroffensive.
October/Yom Kippur War
Egypt and Syria attack Israel in October of 1973 in an attempt to reclaim lands lost in the Six-Day War. Israel initially suffers major losses until the United States arranged a massive airlift of weapons which helped Israel in its counteroffensive.
1978
Camp David Accords
Camp David Accords
President Jimmy Carter mediates negotiations between Egypt's Anwar Sadat and Israel's Menachem Begin leading to the Camp David Accords, the prerequisite to the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty.
1982
War of Lebanon
Israel gets explicitly involved in the Lebanese Civil War, attacking Syrian and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) forces. The United States mediates an agreement with the PLO to withdrawal which leads to American troop deployment in Lebanon.
War of Lebanon
Israel gets explicitly involved in the Lebanese Civil War, attacking Syrian and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) forces. The United States mediates an agreement with the PLO to withdrawal which leads to American troop deployment in Lebanon.
1991-Current
The Peace Process
The United States plays a mediating role between Israel and its neighboring Arab countries, leading to the Madrid Conference (1991), Oslo Process/Accords (1993), the Israeli-Jordanian Peace Treaty (1994), and most recently the Roadmap For Peace.
The Peace Process
The United States plays a mediating role between Israel and its neighboring Arab countries, leading to the Madrid Conference (1991), Oslo Process/Accords (1993), the Israeli-Jordanian Peace Treaty (1994), and most recently the Roadmap For Peace.
kidnapping of Israeli soldiers. Questions arose about whether or not Israel used American supplied weapons during the conflict.
Supreme Muslim Council: Temple Mount is Jewish
ReplyDeleteThe widely-disseminated Arab claim that the Temple Mount isn't Jewish has been debunked - by the Supreme Muslim Council (Waqf), in a 1925 pamphlets
First Publish: 9/1/2008, 5:34 PM
The widely-disseminated Arab Muslim position that the Temple Mount is not Jewish has been debunked - by the Supreme Muslim Council (Waqf) of Jerusalem, in a Temple Mount guide published in 1925.
Wakf guidebook, 1925, cover
The Temple Institute
http://www.raptureforums.com/IsraelMiddleEast/guide.pdf
Treaty of Peace Between The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
And The State of Israel October 26, 1994
Status Quo – Jews and non-Jews are permitted to pray on Temple Mount – This is confirmed by Israel’s Supreme Court.
Article 9 - Places of Historical and Religious Significance and Interfaith Relations
1. Each Party will provide freedom of access to places of religious and historical significance.
2. In this regard, in accordance with the Washington Declaration, Israel respects the present special role of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in Muslim Holy shrines in Jerusalem. When negotiations on the permanent status will take place, Israel will give high priority to the Jordanian historic role in these shrines.
3. The Parties will act together to promote interfaith relations among the three monotheistic religions, with the aim of working towards religious understanding, moral commitment, freedom of religious worship, and tolerance and peace.
YJ Draiman